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Link to survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/priorities2015-2016 Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. advocates for the rights of individuals with disabilities in South Carolina to live and work where they choose, to have equal access to services, and to be free from abuse and neglect. We do this by providing information and referrals, trainings, abuse and [...]

On January 12, 2015, after months of successful mediation, the parties reached a preliminary agreement on a plan that establishes benchmarks for settling the case. The agreement anticipates the implementation and executive and legislative funding of a 3-year budget, staffing and facilities plan. The parties are working together to complete revisions of the Department of [...]

Thousands of poor South Carolinians with disabilities continue to live in grossly inadequate conditions in community residential care facilities (CRCFs) across the state. April 9, 2013 Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. (P&A) released Still...No Place to Call Home, an update of its 2009 report, No Place to Call Home. The new report documents conditions at 14 CRCFs across the state. The report's findings reveal continued lack of oversight of facilities that are dirty, provide inadequate food, do not administer medications correctly, violate residents' rights, and do not provide protection from potential harm.You may also view the report's cover letter HERE.

The Impact Fund, a nonprofit organization that provides funding for impact litigation in the areas of civil rights, environmental justice, and poverty law, has awarded P&A a $5,000 grant to support its work.

Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. is a United Way of the Midlands Partner Agency.

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